Books
Gentrification and Inequality in Brooklyn: The New Kids on
the Block, Judith N. DeSena, Lexington Books,
2009.
Gender in an Urban World, Judith N. DeSena (ed.), Emerald
Publishing Group, 2008.
Protecting One's Turf: Social Strategies for Maintaining Urban
Neighborhoods, revised edition, Judith N. DeSena, University
Press of America, 2005.
People Power: Grass Roots Politics and Race Relations,
Judith N. DeSena, University Press of America, 1999.
Italian Americans in a Multicultural Society. Jerome Krase
and Judith N. DeSena (eds.), New York: Forum Italicum,
1994.
Protecting One's Turf: Social Strategies for Maintaining Urban
Neighborhoods, Judith N. DeSena, University Press of America,
1990.
Contemporary Readings in Sociology, Judith N. DeSena
(ed.), Kendall-Hunt Publishing Co., 1989.
Journal Articles and Chapters Edited in Books
Judith N. DeSena and George Ansalone. “Gentrification, Tracking,
and Inequality.” The Educational Research Quarterly. 33 (September
2009): 60-74.
“What’s A Mother To Do?: Gentrification, School Selection, and the
Consequences for Community Cohesion,” Judith N. DeSena.American
Behavioral Scientist, 503 (October 2006): 241-257.
“Mobilizing Social Capital Through Community Struggle,” Judith N.
DeSena. InCommunity Based Organizations in Contemporary Urban
Society: The Intersection of Social Capital and Local Context,
edited by Robert Mark Silverman. Wayne State University Press,
2004.
“Gendered Space and Women’s Community Work,” Judith N. DeSena.
InResearch in Urban Sociology, Volume V, edited by Ray
Hutchison. JAI Press, 2000.
"Involved and ‘There’: The Activities of Italian American Women,”
Judith N. DeSena. Reprinted inThe Review of Italian American
Studies. Edited by Frank Sorrentino and Jerome Krase.
Lexington Books, 2000.
"Local Gatekeeping Practices and Residential Segregation," Judith
N. DeSena. Reprinted inRace and Ethnicity: An Anthology.
Edited by Charles Gallagher. Mayfield Publishing Company,
1999.
“Low Income Women and Community Power," Judith N.
DeSena.Sociological Spectrum, Volume 17:3 9, 1998, special
issue on "Women and Power: Arenas of Change."
"Local Gatekeeping Practices and Residential Segregation,"
Judith N. DeSena. Reprinted inRace and Ethnic Relations in the
United States: Readings for the 21st Century. Edited by
Christopher G. Ellison and W. Allen Martin. Roxbury Publishing
Company, 1998".
"Italian American Women and Community Politics," Judith N. DeSena.
Reprinted inItalian Americans on Long Island: Presence and
Impact. Edited by Kenneth P. LaValle, Forum Italicum,
1996.
"Italian American Women and Community Politics," Judith N.
DeSena.Voices in Italian Americana, Volume 6, Number 2,
1995.
"Local Gatekeeping Practices and Residential Segregation," Judith
N. DeSena.Sociological Inquiry, Volume 64, Issue 3
(summer), 1994.
"Women: The Gatekeepers of Urban Neighborhoods," Judith N.
DeSena.Journal of Urban Affairs, Volume 16, Number 3
(1994).
"Informal Practices and Local Arrangements of Neighborhood
Defense," Judith N. DeSena, in Research and Social Policy,
Volume 3, edited by John Stanfield II, JAI Press, 1994.
"Defending One's Neighborhood At Any Cost?: The Case of
Bensonhurst," Judith N. DeSena, inTo See the Past More Clearly:
The Enrichment of the Italian Heritage, 1890-1990, edited by
Harral Landry, The American Italian Historical Association,
1994.
"Community Co-operation and Activism: Italian and African
Americans," Judith N. DeSena, inItalian Americans: Their Public
and Private Lives, edited by Salvatore La Gumina, Angela
Danzi, and Frank Cavaioli, The American Italian Historical
Association, 1993.
"New Images: An Examination of Italian American Women," Judith N.
DeSena, in Italian Americans in Transition, edited by
Joseph Scelsa, Salvatore La Gumina, Lydio Tomasi, The American
Italian Historical Association, 1990.
"The Participation of Italian American Women in Community
Organizations," Judith N. DeSena, inItalian Ethnics: Their
Languages, Literature, Lives, edited by Dominic Candeloro,
Fred Gardaphe, Paolo Giordano, The American Italian Historical
Association, 1990.
"The Development of American Sociology," Judith DeSena, inThe
Eastern Community College Social Science Association Journal,
Volume IV, Number 1, Winter 1989.
"Involved and 'There': The Activities of Italian American Women in
Urban Neighborhoods," Judith DeSena, in The Melting Pot and Beyond:
Italian Americans in the Year 2000, edited by Jerome Krase and
William Egelman, Center for Migration Studies, 1987.
"The Chosen Apple": Young Suburban Migrants," Sylvia F. Fava and
Judith DeSena, in The Apple Sliced: Sociological Studies of New
York City, edited by Vernon Boggs, Gerald Handel, Sylvia F.
Fava, J.F. Bergin Publishers, Inc., 1984.
"The Breweries of Brooklyn," Will Anderson with the assistance of
Judy DeSena, in Brooklyn, USA, edited by Rita Seiden
Miller, Columbia University Press, 1979.
Book Reviews
Published review of Kathie Friedman-Kasaba,Memories of
Migration,State University of New York Press, 1996,
inSociological Inquiry, Volume 67, Number 2, Spring
1997.
Published review of Marlene Webber,Street Kids, University
of Toronto Press, 1991, inContemporary Sociology, Volume
21, Number 2, March 1992.
Encyclopedia Entries
"Intergroup Relations: Italian and African Americans" and
"Community Issues." InItalian American History and Culture: An
Encyclopedia. Edited by Frank Cavaioli, Salvatore Primeggia,
Joseph Varacalli, and Salvatore LaGumina, Garland Publishing,
2000.